Named red oxide of zinc in 1810 by archibald Bruce and later renamed Zincite.

Zincite activates and awakens the whole kundalini. It does that with quite some power like a shaktipath from bottom up. This is the only crystal that actually created a beep tone in my ears for days - that is how powerful it is.

It is also the best crystal for desires (wish-fulfulling) as it finds ways to make it happen or dissolve the desire all together - whatever is best for you.

The best zincite crystals are actually from the Tarnowskie Góry smelter in Upper Silesia, Poland. These are not natural crystals but grown inside a chimney, nevertheless these are the best.

If you walk in a crystal shop and feel the different crystals you normally end up with Zincite being the strongest and most powerful of them all. And if you have a hard time feeling crystals in the first place, your best bet is zincite or phenacite.

It is also the most powerful combi of first and second chakra (Muladhara & Svadhishthana) openers. Combine this with Hematite, which is the best grounding crystal, and you have a magic combination, zincite going up and hematite going down. Purely looking at the second chakra (Svadhishthana) only, then Chevkenite is the most powerful opener and purely looking at the first (muladhara), then uraninite is the most powerful opener, but these are radia-active.